Carl Peter Paul Vitz (June 3, 1883 – January 1, 1981) was an American librarian and author. He received a certificate from Western Reserve University Library School, a degree from

Adelbert College Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) is a private research university in Cleveland, Ohio. Case Western Reserve was established in 1967, when Western Reserve University, founded in 1826 and named for its location in the Connecticut Western Rese ...

and a

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from New York State Library School at New York State Normal College. He served as a library director for the

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(1922–1937), the

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(1937–1945) and the

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(1946–1955). He served as the president of the

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from 1945–1946. During that time, Vitz wrote a letter to the President of the United States on behalf of the profession, addressing potential candidates for the vacant position of

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. In the letter, Vitz suggested that the position "requires a top-flight administrator, a statesman-like leader in the world of knowledge, and an expert in bringing together the materials of scholarship and organizing them for use—in short, a distinguished librarian". Over the course of his career, Vitz planned or consulted on more than sixty library projects involving construction, site selection and remodeling.

Publications

* ''Demobilization and the library, the library's part in military and industrial readjustment: a working memorandum'' (American Library Association, 1943) * ''Circulation work'' (American library Association, 1927) * ''Current problems in public library finance'' (American library Association, 1933) *
A federal library agency and federal library aid
' (American library Association, 1935) *
Loan Work
' (American Library Association, 1919)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Vitz, Carl Peter Paul 1883 births 1981 deaths American librarians University at Albany, SUNY alumni Case Western Reserve University alumni Writers from Cincinnati